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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01
Troable at st. Peser's Gate.



New Spirit was not a yerygood man
in early life, but / tried to make up for
it in later years.
st. PeterI don't find any thing in the
records against You.
N. SIN early life railroad company
made a mistake in weighing my goods
and only charged me half freight, and /
never said word about it. Some years
ago my conscience troubled me so that
] sent the company the rest Of the money
due it.
{ S. P.-Was it oHe of these companies
which go into pools with parallel linesS
N. S.-Yes, sire.
S. P.-Enter, sir, and turn into that
avenue to the right.
n. S.--ThaDks, sire Where does it
lead?
s.P.-To the celestial asylum for i'm
beetles.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01

VT
Unmark ed by board or sign;
Wisdom avails not, powerless is wealth
10 soothe those aches of thine
But do not despair, with life there is hope,
The cloud conccals the sun;
With Pierce $ Favorite Prescription at hand
Your fe's full course may run.
More truth than poetry in these lines, as thous-
ands Of ladies' all over the land now blooming
with health, testify TO the great curative powers
OF Dr. Fierce S Fayorite Prescription, adapted by
much research and careful study 10 the happy
relief Of all those weaknesses and ailments pc
cular 20 females. All druggists.
Intelligence from the Holy Land informs us
that in Jerusalem, In the streets once trod Ly
King David may be heard the shrill whistle OF
the steam engine. The city has, in the last
twenty five years, doubled in number OF build
ings and in other respects keeps pace with the
great cities of the modern world.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01
DOUBLE PRICE.

.-,,sgroom nearly made-a wedding
tourist he' ,o,o 60 s,raa, az
ride 81 "a the Mating ssl room as sweet As
sT Wa link link that he had been q husband
half bis life, ar par,r N.,u.., ana
viz eaisea his shiny hat, that showed no
nia H. feli from within upon the open
=, tbe jeweled clerk exclaimed! and
lsA hr1Shed away the rice;
srdI chamber No, 4; we charge nun dou-
~ NJ r,rice
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01
His Last Request

Dying I'm pireBoys what were those
things they hit me with!
One cf the BoysB Beer mugs.
~ thought they felt rather familiar;
but, boys !nan anxious light in his
eyes.
what is it Jimfn
They wasn't loaded, vas theyg"
"No, Jim"
That's correct; it wouldn't ke right to
waste any Of the stuff; bury me in Gin
cinnati.M
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01
couIa Do somethlng for Her.
New York Sun

"Tongue cannot tell how much ! love
you, Miss Clara" he said II would do
anything for You"
"Would your she asked, YEARLY.
TRY me-"
well, go and spend the evening with
Lily Brown"
Lilly Brown What forf' he asked, as
tonished.
~ hRte herr
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01

IT the London Time' happens to 10
cate West Virginia in Mexico we are all
prepared TO laugh over it, but when a
Cincinnati daily speaks Of the Shetland
Islands as belonging to Spain that's a
horse on us-a Shetland poney.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01
Bad Lookout fer George.
s-.,,. vi. sem

Mrs. Hayseed Whose son is at college)
George writes that no is taking fencin
lessons.
Mr.. Hayseed glad o that. I'll SET
him a-diggin postholes when he gifts
home
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01

Il. w Tausill & Co, Chicago:
Your "Tausill's Punch &c cigars are going om
like hot cakes ] intend that they shall be well
advertised VIZ. h. II. STEPHENSON, Buffalo,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01

Caroline Patterson, widow Of q seneca inai1n
who acted as a spy and scout during the war of
1872 IS dead Her husband served under Capt
Blacksnake ana. with his wife, was present az
the burning OF Buffalo during that war She was
~ wears old
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01

La Crosse capitalists are talking OF ex-
ploring the country in the vicinity OF the
city for natural gas.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01

Dr. J. s COMBS, owensville, Ohio. says: 81
have given SCOTS Emulsion Of Cod Liver Oh
with Hypophosphites TO four patients with better
results than seemed possible with any remedy
All we're hereditary cases Of Lung disease, and
advanced to that stage when Coughs pain IN the
chest frequent breathing, frequent pulse, fever
and Emaciaton. An these cases have increas
ca IN weight from iG to IS lbs, and are not now
needing any medicine
4 Sedalia (Nlo.) man, recently converted by the
so',aton army, entered hardware store ard
asked the proprietor n ne remembered what
aNes were selling for in 1872. "About 81, guess
VAS the reply. "Well said the saivationist =
wan. 20 give yol a dollar then In 1872 / ol,
IA which was displayed in front Of Youi
stare -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01

A storm-driven partridge took refuge on an
apple tree Just outside the window Of sick
woman in Unity Me- aud the tender-hearted in
valid saw the tired bird and sent the hired man
TO shoot Il She said that she had been wishing
for a bit Of bird for a long time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01

For a woman to say she does not use
Proctor & CANDLES Lenox Soap, is to
admit she is behind the times
Nobody uses ordinary soap now they
can get Lenox
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small doses
of Plso's Cure for Consumption
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01

If there is one thing more than another that
BROOKLYN prides herself in il il courtesy to
strangers Yet in certain portions Of Brooklyn u
stranger that would depend on The names on the
gas lamps for guides might as well rush into u
labvrinth Of the ages gone
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01

ASK your shoe and hardware dealers for Lyons
Heel stiffeners, they keep boots and shoes
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01

Some one says, the age OF political
party may be told bg its rings.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01

ONE greasing with Frazer Axe Grease VIII last
two mealLs III nLhera two % tLree DAYS. Iry "
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-22
EARLY OHIO HISTORY.
Incidents Of Pioneer Warfare, and
Sketches Of Noted Pioneers.
The Centennial OF The "wcstcrn Empire'
In 1888.

The following interesting article OH the early
history OF Ohio is taken from the Cincinnati
Commercial GdzeHs OF recent date. We are In
lebtcd TO that journal for the illustrations used
herein
r'he s.sat events OF this country that occurred
before the year 1900 arc being remembered and
celebrated In turn, so In little more than n year
tb- State OF Ohio, and indeed tho whole OF our
"N Nstern Empire" us II used to be called, will
have its one hundredth birthday.
So VIC shall celebrate:
The establishment OF the first Territory crc
ated by the Continental Congress. The found
ing OF five free States cut from IL. The birth
place OF Ohio Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wis
consn. The erection Of n barrier against the
cncroachment of slavery. The ordinance Of
1857 that made the new States forever free. The
eta, that served to checl, the ambitious designs
OF England and France on Our then remote and
ill-dellned frontier.
We have renson to celebrate the coming OF
the pioneers to Marietta, in 1888, as New Eng
land has to commemorate the landing OF the
pilgrims, in 1G?0. The immediate results OF the
former advent were larger and more significant
than those that followed the slow settlement OF
the Eastern States.
How came Ohio to be settled mt the time md
in the manner that IT wasY There is good
deal of written and unwritten history covering
that point but the salient facts seem to be
pretty generally agreed upon by students, from
Bancroft and our own careful Industrious and
able historian Hildreth down to the later
writer's OF note like DIR. Andrews and Professor
John FislSe
The most satisfactory account Of tho lives,
adventures and achievements OF the early set-
tiers of Ohio have been recorded and preserved
In the books of DR.. Hildreth, who is especially
the historian OF Ohio and the Northwest Terri
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-22
Inventions That Are Needed.

An English scientific journal enun.
crates the following as among the in
ventions which are specially needed at
the present time: Macaroni machinery,
good red-lead pencils, type-writers
that will work on account books and
record books. indelible stamp-canccl-
ing ink, II practical car starter, good
railway car ventilator, better horse
shoes, locomotive headlights, an
instrument for measuring the
velocity of wind currents, apparatus for
measuring the depth of the sea without
sounding by line. piano-.id hinge which
shall be flush on the outside, good fluid
India ink for draughtsmen, u good me-
tallic railway tie, an effective cutoff
for locomotives, method of alloying
copper and iron, and u molding mate
rial for iron and brass casting capable
of giving a mold that can be used over
and over again. Chicago Inter- Ocean
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-22

was made from old drawings that were pre-
pared by some OF the pioneers. Tho Indian in
the foreground is Cornplanter advancing to
meet General Putnam.
For year or two the settlers had little or no
trouble with the Indians, and were enabled to
work without molestation. But In 1701 the long
Indian war began and then the settlers had to
live In a strong stockade, and u man could not
stray hundred yards from 1t with safety Set
tiers were frequently shot down and scalped
while at work in their fields, but no attack was
ever made on the stoclkadc, because 1t was
strongly built and carefully watched OF all
times.
The Indians particularly disliked the Vir.
gininns whom they called the Long Knives"
and 1t is estimated that within the seven years
preceding the Indian war, on the frontiers south
and west Of the Ohio river, the Indians killed
and captured fifteen hundred people.
During the Indian war the Ohio Company spent
more than Si1 900 for the protection OF its set.
tiers, and no part Of that sum was ever refunded
by the General Government.
The largest Indian massacre near Marietta
was at an outlying settlement called Big Bot
tom about twenty miles up the Musltingum
river. On the evening OF January 2, 1901, the
Indians surprised the settlers there and killed
eleven men, one woman and two children.
One of the most dramatic Indian atrocities
was the murder Of Abel Sherman in June. 1904.
Sherman was hardy farmer, and ono evening
he took his gun and went to search for his cows
that had been missing for several days. An
hour or two after his departure men In the gar
rison at the stoctade heard the report OF the
guns, and Ezra Sherman, u son Of the farmer
who was looking for the cattle, declared that
one Of the guns was that Of his father, as he was
familiar with the report. He assumed that his
father had been attacked by the Indians, and ut
once seized n rifle and rushed to his assistance.
He soon reached the place where the encounter,
as he had feared had taken place, and he
found his father dead and scalped. The body
lay in u little patch Of May-apples, or man.
brakes, and it was evident that the kindhearted
old man had been surprised and murdered while
gathering of this wild fruit for the children
at the garrison Young Sherman was pro-
foundly affected by his fathers tragic death,
and he carried the dreadful picture Of the
sylvan horror in his mind for years.
In IDS when the war was over, and the set
tiers were able to emerge from their long and
painful confinement in stockades, party of
settlers engaged in boiling salt on Salt Creek,
in Muskingum County, were visited one day by
an Indian known as Silverheels, who lived in
that vicinity and was thought to be q
'good Indian" He had been drinking freely
when he came to the camp Of the sult-makers,
and his speech began to flow with great deal
of tiuency. He grew boastful, and began TO tell
of his brave deeds in the late war with the
whites. The men, for most part, paid little ut
tention to his gabble, but there was one Of
them who caught some significant utterances
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-22
WARM STABLES.
Plain Facts for the Consideration of Own
ers of Milk Cows.

Plain Facts for the Consideration of Own
ers of Milk Cows.
Are your stables for your cows warm
and well ventilated, so as to be both
comfortable and sweetP If not, set to
work at once to make them so, for in
this you will find true economy-both
q saving of food and an increased pro-
duct, if you are making butter or
cheese. or simply peddling milk. But
do not seek to secure warmth by the
close confinement of your cows. There
must be u free circulation of air in
order to secure the good health of the
COWS and a sweet-havorcd product.
If with good ventilation, letting
the air in at the head of the
COWS and out at the rear, you can
not keep up the required temperature,
then resort to artificial heating. twill
pay. Once the arrangements are made
for heating, the expense will be COM
paratively small, as high temperature
will not be required. The range of
temperature for health and comfort is
about fifteen degrees-that is, from
forty-five to sixty degrees Fahr Be-
low this, cows standing in the stall will
begin to shiver and feel uncomfortable;
above, discomfort follows and they will
begin to pant. 1t is much cheaper to
burn fuel in heater than food in the
cow to keep up the animal heat
Rural Ne,0 Yorker.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-22


able employment for his late companions in
arms. There also grew in his mind the idea OF
q colony in the almost unknown, vague West
beyond the great pathless mountains This
patriotic idea grew and crystalized into pur-
pose, and 1t became the ambition of Rufus Put
nam to lead through the wilderness u colony OF
chosen spirits to the promised land OF the
illmtable West
project so bold, so dsinterested and SO pat
riotic in its purpose forced attention on every
side Washington, seeing that u Western col
ony would be of vast advantage to the feeble
young country as u military outpost, encouraged
1t, and others in places of influence looked with
favor upon General Pufnam's plan. In u letter
10 the President OF Congress, Washington wrote
concerning the Northwest Territory, us all OF
that part OF the country north OF the Ohio river
and West OF Pennsylvania came then to be
called: ut appears 10 me that this Is the tract
[betwecn the Ohio and Lake Eriol which, from
its local position aud peculiar advantages, ought
TO be first settled, in preference to any other
whatever; and am perfectly convinced that 1t
can not be so advantageously settled by any
other class OF men us by the disbandcd officers
and soldiers OF the army. This plan OF col
onization would connect our Government with
the frontiers. extend our settlements progress
siyely, and plant u brave, hardy and respecta-
bic race CT people as our advanced post, who
would be always ready and willing lin case OF
hostility to combat the savages and check
their incursions."
This was written on the occasion OF the oni-
GERS and soldiers asking Congress for permis
SION to locate the lands that had been given
them by u poor but grateful Nation,in the West
somewhere between Lake Erie and the Ohio
There were no very definite notions OF tho West
then, and all this part OF the country was
claimed by the original thirteen States, but
one after the other they surrendered their
claims TO the General Government. Congress-
did not grant the request OF tho soldiers In
1883. But the idea OF o colony fingered In the
mind OF General Rufus Putnam. In March,
1885, he, with General Benjamin Tupper, called
q meeting OF revolutionary officers for the pur-
pose OF organizing . company 10 settle In the
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-22
swEET.cuRD CHEESE.
A Process Which Produces n Finer Artlc
Than the Acid Method.

A Process Which Produces Finer Article
Than the Acid Method.
Numbered with other subjects of in
terest that were considered at the con-
vention of the Butter, Cheese and Egg
Association was the sweet-curd process
in cheese-making. Mr.. T. d. Curtis,
who believes that the superiority of
Canada cheese is due to the fact that
this process is practiccd, explained the
difference between it and the acid pro-
cess.
In the sweet-curd process the whey is
drawn before the acid appears and the
curd allowed to lie in the vat ut tenn
perature above ninety degrees and 60
through the rennet action and take on
all the acid it will. The fact that no
sugar is left except what little is re-
tained in the curd renders it impossible
for any injury to follow. 1t is only
necessary to hold the curd long enough
after drawing the whey to not only
develop the acid but to allow fermenta-
ton to advance far enough to prevent
rapid action after the curd is put to
press.
MIR. Curtis attributed the failures of
those who have unsuccessfully attempted
the sweet-curd process to the fact of
their great hurry to get the curd to
press after drawing the whey, and con-
sequently in not allowing it to lie long
enough in the vat. In the acid process,
the acid is developed before the whey is
drawn. which is a dangerous thing to
do, as it may result in sour cheese, while
sour cheese can never be made by the
sweet-curd process. When the acid
develops in the whey it cuts the phos-
pilates, taking out important elements
of nutrition, and also cuts the fats and
robs the cheese of necessary aid to
digestion.
A cheese. claimed Mr.. Curtis, can be
as completely SKINNED by the acid pro-
cess as by the use of the skinner, the
latter being preferable rs it may give
sweet cheese. If all who try the sweet
curd process will keep up the tempera-
ture and hold the curd long enough.
after drawing the whey. they will have
no trouble in making rich and firm
cheese, fit for either home consumption
OF shipping.-N. y World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-22

new colony to the education of youth and the
promotion OF public worship, and for these
important purposes they were instructed to
employ II possible, "an instructor eminent for
literary accomplishments md the virtue OF his
character" So the moral and intellectual well
fare OF the pioneers was looked after from the
beginning. In December, 1887, party OF me-
chanics and boat builders assembled ut Danvers,
Mass, and departed for the headwaters OF the
Ohio which they reached In u month or so and
at point about thirty miles above Pittsburgh
they halted and constructed n large boat, which
was called the Mayiower. The boat I'm which
the first settlers came TO Ohio after the manner
OF the Pilgrims, was galley with curved and
raking bows. She was forty-tive feet long;
twelve wide, and had o capacity OF fifty tons In
January, 1888, General Putnam conducted
party OF pioneers TO the point Of meeting near
Pittsburgh, and on the I'd day OF April the COM
bined company was ready to embark. The fleet
consisted OF the Mayhower, a large hatboat and
three canoes, They stopped number OF times
by the way, hut on the morning OF April z, l7Ss,
the pioneers came In sight OF Kers Island. about
three miles north of the site OF Marietta, and
about noon they landed on the east bank OF the
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-22
THE DAIRY.

If you want the flow Of milk 20 keep
up, always milk clean.-Sk Louis Re
publican.
The Danish Government has intro
duced into the Rigsdad (the Danish
Legislature) bill for the regulation
and the restriction of the manufacture
of butterine and margarine. The Dairy
The Island Jersey is very delicate
when first imported, but she soon be-
comes acclimatized. Breeders should
study the health of these machines
more, and they would get more milk
and butter Of good quality and ilavor.--
Boston Post.
Cows need more heat-producing
food in winter than in summer, even to
live. The fat-forming and heat-produc-
ing elements should be made to bear q
certain relationship TO each other, ac-
cording to the season of the year
Missouri Republican.
The old Greek name for butter is
bouturos-cow cheese. The poor Greeks
knew nothing of cleo, suine, butterine.
and of course had no names for all that
class of nasty compounds which our
civilization allows to be sold to 'long-
suffering freemen. Farm, Field and
Stochmdn.
is not a dairyman most egregiously
cheated when he keeps one or more
poor cows to eat up the profit from his
good ones. Is he not realizing in act
ual life what King Pharaoh merely
dreamed of? Do not the lean kline eat
up the we'll favored ones, and is it not
likely to always lead to famineP-H D.
Sherman.
Prof. Henry, of the Wisconsin Agri-
cultural Farm, mentions that six cows
were kept, three by pasturing and three
by soiling. The result was product
of 1, ,779 pounds of milk from one acre
of pasture, producing eighty-two pounds
of butter, while one acre in soiling gave
him 4,7S2 pounds of milk which made
1876 pounds of butter. The pasture was
one of the best bluegrass pastures.
capable of carrying cow per acre the
season through, under favorable weather
conditions. Farmer.
There is no class of farm stock ex-
eepting cats and pigs that will make
better use of the wastes Of the dairy
than poultry. Hens will consume q
great deal of curds, whey and sour milk.
Ducks are ravenously fond of the same.
Soft feed for any kind of poultry wet
up with milk in any form is made better
adapted to their use than if prepared in
any other way. Confined to a diet of
whey or sour milk no kind of poultry
does well. They all need variety
american Da,ryman.
AS something can not be produced
from nothing, it is not reasonable to
suppose that cow can lay on flesh and
fat, or give large amount of rich milk
on small supply of poor food. Then
it is the part of wisdom to provide full
supply of suitable food for milk produc-
ton, and to give it to her regularly. Do
not keep her on nothing but corn-stalks,
or nothing but hay, but mix or alter
nate these, and supplement them with
a mixture of corn meal and wheat bran.
Variety and a due balance of the nitro
genous and carbonaceous foods are es-
sential.-Raral NeW Yorker.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-22

informed writer of Ohio history is 1. w. An
drews, LII. D.. lately the President of Marietta
College, whose picture is also presented.
At the close Of the Revolution there was q
large number OF restless persons OF good inten-
tion in this country, for seven years of warfare
had disorganzed society to an extent scarcely
realized ut this day. In that period thousands
of men had mastered the profession OF arms
They had longed for peace, but when it came
they found themselves without oOngenial oc-
cupation, and they were at n loss for something
TO do that should be both honorable and agree
able.
One of the bravest and most excellent of
Wa shington's friends and Generals, was Rufus
Putnam, q cousin OF General Israel Putnam,
WHO is popularity known as "Wolf Putnam" "
Rufus Putnam was near the people, and he saw
that something ought to be done to furnish suit
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-22

tory. He was a man OF science and varied at
tainments. who labored Mt his historical tasks
with aiIectonate interest, and when they were
finished the result was not only accurate, but it
was picturesque and lifeilse. Had it not been
for his generous endeavors much of our early
history would have been forever lost, and there
would have remained absolutely none of that To-
cal color and flavor of forest and danger that
makes his writings so fascinating. DIR. Hildrcth
was IA wonderful man. and his reputation abroad
was more firmly established ut the time OF his
death than it was in this country His valua-
bic books on our early history can no longer be
had from the booksellers, but this paper is
able to present to its readers the only good
picture OF him cxtant. His successor us II well